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The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Waqf and Religious Affairs is carrying out the work at Jordan's request, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported.
Maariv said the Jerusalem Municipality was not informed of the plans for the building, which is located in occupied East Jerusalem.
According to Maariv, the deserted building is used by prostitutes and drug users.
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Jordan is renovating King Hussein's unfinished palace in Jerusalem. The Israeli government is in a de facto manner releasing its sovereignty over 'east' Jerusalem. You can say otherwise, but that is the reality on the ground. The Jews will not have their borders respected if they do not respect their own borders.
...Maan reports that the Kingdom of Jordan is behind a land grab in so called East Jerusalem. The King has apparently decided to complete his father's palace...
Tel el-Ful, has a long and rich history going back to biblical times when it was the location of King Saul's palace, known as Givat Shaul (which is not the same as the Jewish neighborhood in northwest Jerusalem currently known as Givat Shaul). Tel el-Ful's location and height have made it a strategic site for 3,000 years.
